Yes, plastic bags aredisappearing in cities nationwide. Plastic bag bans and plastic bag taxes, havebeen taking over major cities like Seattle and San Francisco, hoping toreduce the production and use of retail plastic bags. This type of disappearingact however, is much more impressive. Recently, Symphony EnvironmentalTechnologies has developed an additive that makes plastic bagsoxo-biodegradable. This is a huge development, for obvious reasons, and canrelatively stop the whole “plastic bag ban” movement dead in its tracks. Majorcorporations have already begun to employ the use of this substance, known as“d2w,” for the millions of retail bagsin their distribution.So how does this wonderchemical work exactly? Essentially, when d2w is added at the extrusion stage ofthe plastic production process, it renders the plastic ‘oxo-biodegradable’.This means that the plastic will break down much faster, and with much lessdamage to the environment. Normally, plastic bags and the popular polybagstake hundreds of years to degrade, in the process, breaking downinto smaller and smaller bits of plastic, which can contaminate the naturalenvironment. Plastic bag degradation with the d2w additive leaves absolutely nofragments, methane, or harmful residues. The plastic bag essentially turns intowater, carbon dioxide and biomass. Some other advantages of d2w use in plasticare that it doesn’t need to be buried to biodegrade, it needs less raw materialfor its production, and it still retains the properties of conventionalplastic, like being durable and waterproof.Now, major retailers and promotional plastic bags users areadopting the product and endorsing its use worldwide. D2w will be appearing inmajor plastic products from Grupo Bimbo (Mexico),Luibeg International (India),and Eco Polymers (Dubai).Market watchers say that while Symphony has seen ups and downs, it’s big-timeuse and endorsement by such companies around the world are making it the company to watch for investment opportunities in the years to come.Source: ‘Disappearing’Plastic Could Send Symphony (SYM) SoaringDisclaimer: This blog orarticle is for information purpose only, and should not be treated aprofessional advise or price protection guarantee. This blog is mainly used forsearchengine optimization and other commercial purposes and it is advisedthat readers seek professional consultation in the field of interest for moreinformation.
